The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-19

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athamed Of thslf uncandfd course to-
1afds The mlagul ulded = Anhschistsp mis-
gh5ded, bat. Ia nv oplnion, slnoere.
Respectfully, 81. p. Ho1oHxlss.
AZ the hall where the ceremonies
we're held . song followed, and rssolu1
tiops extolling the virtues and excellent
qualities Of Mrs. Neebe were passed,
concluding as follows:
THE eadness Of this affair is intensified
BY the 1sct that tb- father If her chill
dren il now Ian aalS6ing in cell under
asentencc Of fifteen years. imp isonment
and in the Judgment Of this assembly
without cause therefore be it
Resolved, That the people here assem-
bled pledge themselves to employ all
honorable means to restore Oscar Nsebs
to his children. and failing. in this we
hold ourselves responsible for the proper
training and education Of his children. I
| Paul Grottkau made the address OF
the occasionin German. He com N enced
with tremor in his voice aud subj
dued manner. He was not 30 forciblg
ip gesture as usual, but to balance it he
spoke with suppressed vehemence aud
concentrated bitterness which were
quite as expressive. Even while utterI
Ing the most emphatic and indignant
remarks he had a tear in his eye and d
spb In his voice. He had bis audience
quite at his command. and was encour1
aged by loud hum Of approval at inI
tervals. though there was n, applause
He said I:
| 1T is not my intention to deliver !
Marc Antony oration over the body oI
our poor, dead sister. This is neithei
the time nor the place for such an adj
dress but be sure our hour will GOMEZ
Twill simply say few words to thf
end that they may be warning to the
opulent and the bloated at whoss door
her death lies. Here behold the earthly
remains of a woman. Meta Neebe bJ
name; a child Of the people, young. vigI
orous, of good disposition, kindly. be
| loved, she strove among the masses an{
| for the masses. This woman, a credlb
tp her relative and her class, was bj
| Tie devilish arts of the capitalistic and
TOnopolislic classes. aided by their toolE
Of various sorts and shapes, made thE
wife of malefactor and criminal. Thit
Immense wrong can never be forgottet
or atoned for. She died to support tht
brutality and inequality of the prpsen
social system. We who knew her wei
knew her disposition, how childliks
and humane it 1ss; but she had reasot
and strong common St nse and she coult
not understand why her children sh ult
remain slaves. She could not under
stand why those who labor not, shoul{
ever become richer and more powerfu
for oppression; why she. her offspring
and :.er class must ever become mort
wretched, subiervient. and degraded
She could not understand why herself
Der beloved little ones, and her clasl
should toll from early morn to strike q,
midnight. while their selfelected mas
ters amass milhon upon million and live
in besotted luxury and ever.dazzlin,
riot Her brave womanly heart wal
4 rent assundel because her corporea
J strength was no, equal to the force D
her mind. and the unhappy circumE
stances that had villainously been mete5
out to her BY her oppressors.
I She died for the liberty of free speech
and free organization. My brethren
she had a religion. 1t may not have
consisted ofmumblipgs and incantation
but she had the nollest religion now exI
listing on this oppressed eartl. She bel
lieved in the Right anti the Just. She
was active in the propagation Of her bel
liet She spread abroad tie glorious
doctrine Of Liberty and Justice with all
her strength and might,
What offense has her husband com.
lifted? Let those answer who can.
Wba was his crime? We know. H4
had an opinion. He gave ut ,erance I'd
it, and for this alone he has been made
to suffer the torments Of hell, aud as d
culmination tie wife of his bosom has
been murdered She is the victim solely
of the ruling classes. of class.hate in it's
most desperate form. She died for the
proeress Of Justice, Equality and univer
sal, uncorrupted Brotherhood. She died
as an offering for the uncounted millions
who still have patience and forbearance!
How many more such offerings must
We make? How many rent hearts must
we add to the cold one now lying before
us2 Many perhaps. Many must die
before the sufferings and misery arising
from the inequalities ofthe present sys-
tenn be uprooted. Cannot we prophesy
the period when these murders and op.
pressions will cease ? Ptihaps not. But
the time and time must turn. Is capital
the crowned king Of the world for age
and eternity ?" 4
He enlarged on the traits and dispo.
sition of the deceased oman. and
brought tears to the eyes of all present
Concluding, he said: +.
I'VE know, all Of us, that her princi.
ples were no crime. but they were op.
posed to the scoundrelism in the .ddle